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Negotiation in politics is a fine art. What the public witnessed between President Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was the political equivalent of the food fight from “Animal House.” Trump presented himself to the public as part of his campaign as a master negotiator, one who mocked his Republican opponents in the primary as a bunch of amateurs, who could get…

John Wagner December 13 at 11:20 AM President Trump denied Thursday that he had directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to break the law during the 2016 campaign by buying the silence of two women who claimed they once had affairs with the future president. In morning tweets, Trump, however, did not dispute that he had directed Cohen to make the payments, as Cohen and federal prosecutors have alleged…

Image copyright Getty Images The Irish government has been consistent that whatever happens in the Brexit process there will be no hardening of the Irish border. Asked earlier this year, Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar said: “That will just never happen – ever.” But how can that promise be kept in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal? If there is no deal, there is…

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It was grease frightening. Firefighters rescued a man who had gotten stuck in a grease duct of a California restaurant Wednesday. The 29-year-old man likely would “not have survived another day given the circumstances,” the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement, but did not specify how long he had been there. He was covered in grease and oil and couldn’t move, the statement said. A 29-year-old man was…

Michael Cohen, right, arrives with his family at federal court for his sentencing hearing Wednesday in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Michael Cohen, right, arrives with his family at federal court for his sentencing hearing Wednesday in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Each new dawn seems to bring a major new headline in the Russia investigation, including a…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Europe Politics The Irish border issue has been around since Brexit talks first started 18 months ago, but it’s only recently emerged as a widely recognized crucial element of negotiations. Still, the E.U. is unlikely to change its stance on the matter. “We know that the E.U. will not renegotiate but they may offer some clarifications or addendums or some kind of promise of…

Former President Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s sentencing to three years in jail, whatever its tangible implications, could make it more difficult for Nancy Pelosi to stave off impeachment once Democrats assume control of the House of Representatives next month. Even as Trump’s legal challenges accumulate, Pelosi and the Democratic leadership are in a bit of a bind of their own. Polls have shown opposition to impeachment among the general public,…

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“There is nothing more important at UT Dallas than the safety and security of our students,” Richard Benson, president of the University of Texas at Dallas, where Anderson is a student, said in a statement. “Based on recent court action and other information over the last several days, the student will not participate in UTD commencement activities, will not attend UT Dallas graduate school and will not be present on…

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Video Michael Cohen sentenced to 36 months in prison President Trump’s former personal attorney is sentenced on tax fraud, lying charges; Laura Ingle reports from the courthouse in New York. Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who once famously claimed he was willing to “take a bullet” for Donald Trump before later turning against his boss, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in New…

Any normal person who watched the on-camera Oval Office back-and-forth between President Trump and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would come away thinking, “Wow, they have some disagreements. I wonder if they’ll work that out before a government shutdown.” But liberals instead watched it and felt they needed to comfort the delicate Pelosi. Trump views Pelosi just like anyone else; liberals see her as just another woman who needs…

Kathryn Watson Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital.

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session on Wednesday. Tim Ireland/AP hide caption toggle caption Tim Ireland/AP Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session on Wednesday. Tim Ireland/AP The United Kingdom is embroiled in its biggest political crisis in decades. On Wednesday evening, members of Parliament in Prime Minister Theresa…

DECATUR, Tenn. — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck eastern Tennessee early Wednesday morning and could be felt in Cobb and Atlanta. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred at about 4:15 a.m. about 7 miles northeast of Decatur, Tennessee. A 3.3 magnitude aftershock struck about 13 minutes later. Engineers are inspecting the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in nearby Spring City, Tennessee, as a precaution. The Tennessee…

President Trump faced off against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Oval Office on Tuesday, pledging to shut down the government over money for his border wall. By publicly and with great drama drawing a line in the sand between the option of a government shutdown or funding the wall, he put on display the antithesis of the fundamental idea of…

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote on her leadership Wednesday, as debate rages over how the U.K. should exit the European Union. She spoke about the vote to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London. Toby Melville/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Toby Melville/Reuters Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote on her leadership Wednesday, as debate rages over how the U.K. should exit the European Union….

Video French officials calling market shooting a terror attack A shooting in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday left three people dead, several others wounded and is being treated as an act of “terror,” police and government officials said, adding that the gunman is on the run. The suspect opened fire in downtown Strasbourg on Orfevre Street around 8 p.m. local time, government authorities Préfet de la région Grand-Est et du Bas-Rhin revealed on Twitter….